Tag: Jon Fogarty

• A classic Daytona win

  February 1st, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | No Comments
  

  This year’s Rolex 24 hours at Daytona produced a similar result to last year with a Brumos Porsche winning from one of Chip Ganassi’s two cars, but without 2009’s drama when Juan Pablo Montoya battled fiercely with David Donohue. The closing hours of this year’s race were disappointingly flat as… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Other reports, Sportscars

  Tags: Alex Gurney, BMW, Cayene, Colin Braun, Dario Franchitti, David Donohue, Daytona, Ganassi, Gary Nelson, Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Jimmy Vasser, Joao Barbosa, Jon Fogarty, Juan Pablo Montoya, Justin Wilson, Lucas Luhr, Max Papis, Memo Rojas, Mike Colluci, Mike Rockenfeller, Mike Shank, Nic Jonson, Porsche, Ricardo Zonta, Richard Westbrook, Riley, Ryan Dalziel, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon, Scott Pruett, Scott Tucker, Terry Borcheller, Tracy Krohn, Wayne Taylor

• Rolex 24 Hours preview

  January 25th, 2010 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  Last year’s season-opening Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona featured a tremendous battle through the final three hours between Juan Pablo Montoya and David Donohue. Donohue scored the biggest win of his career as the 42-year-old overcame Montoya’s unrelenting efforts, using his Riley-Porsche’s superior power to take the lead from Montoya… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Events, Sportscars

  Tags: Alex Gurney, Bob Stalling, Brumos, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi, Dario Franchitti, David Donohue, Daytona, Jimmie Johnson, Jimmy Vasser, Jon Fogarty, Juan Pablo Montoya, Juston Wilson, Mario Franchitti, Memo Rojas, Pontiac, Riley-Porsche, Scott Dixon, Scott Pruett

• High drama at Talladega

  April 27th, 2009 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  The racing season is on full song these days and almost all the major American series were in action last weekend. At Talladega, the giant 2.66-mile superspeedway in Alabama, 25-year-old rookie Brad Keselowski scored a spectacular first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory after tangling with Carl Edwards on the last lap… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, Grand-Am, IRL, NASCAR

  Tags: Alex Gurney, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, Dario Franchitti, Jon Fogarty, Kyle Busch, Scott Dixon

• Some good news and some bad

  March 28th, 2008 | Gordon Kirby | 3 Comments
  

  It was sad to talk last week with each of Derrick Walker (above), Paul Tracy (below) and Carl Haas. All three had tales of woe to tell about how the fallout from Champ Car’s demise has affected them. Walker’s team finds itself without the sponsorship to be able to race… Read more

  Sections: Blogs, IRL, Personalities

  Tags: Carl Haas, Elkhart Lake, Jerry Forsythe, Jimmy Vasser, Jon Fogarty, Laguna Seca, Long Beach, Panoz, Panoz DP01, Paul Newman, Paul Tracy